PhD Programme in Innovation for the Circular Economy

Publications

Selected publications

1) Sordello, F., Prantsidou Georgiadou, P., Azzi, E., Tschauder, Y., Pellegrino, F., Formenti, D., Renzi, P.,* Titanium-Based Tetrakis-2,3-[5,6-di(Substituted)pyrazino]-porphyrazine as catalysts for the Oxygen Reaction Reduction, Appl. Organomet. Chem., 2023, e7116

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/aoc.7116

2) Renzi, P., Ascensio, A., Azzi, E., Parisotto, S., Sordello, F., Pellegrino, F., Ghigo, G., Deagostino, A., Unveiling the Synthetic Potential of Inexpensive and Bench Stable Diarylmethylium Tetrafluoroborates in the Light Mediated Hydrosulfonylation of Alkenes, Chem. Sci. 2023, 14, 2721

https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2023/sc/d3sc00182b

3) Sforzi, J., Lanfranco, A., Stefania, R. Alberti, D., Bitonto, V., Parisotto, S., Renzi, P., Protti, N., Altieri, S., Deagostino, A., Geninatti Crich, S., A novel pH sensitive theranostic PLGA nanoparticle for Boron Neutron Capture Therapy in Mesothelioma treatment, Scientific Reports 2023, 13 (1), 620

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-023-27625-0

4) Azzi, E., Ghigo, G., Sarasino, L., Parisotto, S., Moro, R., Renzi, P.,* Deagostino, A., Photoinduced Chloroamination Cyclization Cascade with N-Chlorosuccinimide: from N-(Allenyl)sulfonylamides to 2-(1-Chlorovinyl)pyrrolidines, J. Org. Chem. 2022, doi.org/10.1021/acs.joc.2c01963; JOC Special Issue Progress in Photocatalysis for Organic Chemistry

https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.joc.2c01963

5) Lanfranco, A., Alberti, D., Parisotto, S., Renzi, P., Lecomte, V., Geninatti-Crich, S., Deagostino, A., Biotinylation of a MRI/Gd BNCT Theranostic Agent to Access a Novel Tumor-Targeted Delivery System, Org. Biomol. Chem. 2022, 20, 5342

https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2022/ob/d2ob00764a

6) Parisotto, S., Azzi, E., Lanfranco, A., Renzi, P., Deagostino, A., Recent Progresses in the Preparation of Chlorinated Molecules: Electrocatalysis and Photoredox Catalysis in the Spotlight, Reactions 2022, 3 (2), 233

7) Renzi, P., Azzi, E., Bessone, E., Ghigo, G., Parisotto, S., Pellegrino, F., Deagostino, A., Blue light enhanced Heck arylation at room temperature applied to allenes, Chem. Front., 2022, 9, 906; (cover picture)

https://pubs-rsc-org.bibliopass.unito.it/en/content/articlelanding/2022/qo/d1qo01631h

8) Azzi, E., Lanfranco, A., Moro, R., Deagostino, A., Renzi P.*, Visible Light as the Key for the Formation of Carbon–Sulfur Bonds in Sulfones, Thioethers, and Sulfonamides: An Update, Synthesis, 2021, 53 (19), 3440

https://www-thieme-connect-de.bibliopass.unito.it/products/ejournals/abstract/10.1055/a-1509-5541

9) Lanfranco, A., Moro, R., Azzi, E., Deagostino, A., Renzi. P.,* Unconventional approaches for the introduction of sulfur-based functional groups, Org. Biomol. Chem., 2021, 19 (32), 6926

https://pubs-rsc-org.bibliopass.unito.it/en/content/articlelanding/2021/ob/d1ob01091c

10)Antenucci, A., Dughera, S., Renzi, P.*, Green Chemistry Meets Asymmetric Organocatalysis: A Critical Overview on Catalysts Synthesis, ChemSusChem, 2021, 14 (14), 2785

https://chemistry-europe-onlinelibrary-wiley-com.bibliopass.unito.it/doi/full/10.1002/cssc.202100573

11) Azzi, E., Ghigo, G., Parisotto, S., Pellegrino, F., Priola, E., Renzi, P., Deagostino, A., Visible Light Mediated Photocatalytic N-Radical Cascade Reactivity of γ,δ-Unsaturated N Arylsulfonylhydrazones: A General Approach to Structurally Diverse Tetrahydropyridazines, J. Org. Chem., 2021, 86, 3300

https://pubs-acs-org.bibliopass.unito.it/doi/abs/10.1021/acs.joc.0c02605

12) Renzi, P.,* Mazzapioda, L., Nardelli, F., Martini, F., Geppi, M., Mancone, C., Navarra, M. A., D'Acunzo, F., Gentili, P., Titanium-Based Tetrakis-2,3-[5,6-di(Substituted)pyrazino]-porphyrazine: Synthesis and Characterization, J. Inorg. Chem. 2020, 2020 (25), 2417

https://chemistry-europe.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ejic.202000193

13) D’Acunzo, F., De Santis, S., Masci, G., Nardi, M., Renzi, P., Sobolov, A., A remarkably large phase-transition effect in a random copolymer of OEGMA500 induced by the photochemistry of the 2-(hydroxyimino)aldehyde group, Chem. Phys. 2019, 220, 1900200

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/macp.201900200

14) Streitferdt, V., Haindl, M. H., Hioe, J., Morana, F., Renzi, P., Rekowski, F. v. R., Zimmermann, A., Nardi, M., Zeitler, K., Gschwind, R. M., Unprecedented Mechanism of an Organocatalytic Route to Conjugated Enynes with a Junction to Cyclic Nitronates, Eur. J. Org. Chem. 2019, 2, 328; (cover picture) https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/ejoc.201801153

15) Bella, F., Renzi, P., Cavallo, C., Gerbaldi, C., Caesium for perovskite solar cells: an overview, Eur. J. 2018, 24, 12183; (Special Issue: Young Chemists 2018, cover picture)

https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.201801096

16) Renzi, P., Hioe, J., Gschwind, R. M., Enamine/Dienamine and Brønsted Acid Catalysis: elusive intermediates, reaction mechanisms and stereoinduction modes based on in situ NMR spectroscopy & computational study, Acc. Chem. Res. 2017, 50, 2936

http://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.accounts.7b00320

17) Renzi, P., Hioe, J., Gschwind, R. M., Decrypting Transition States by Light: Photoisomerization as a Mechanistic Tool in Brønsted Acid Catalysis, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2017, 139, 6752

http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/jacs.7b02539

18) Renzi, P.,* Organocatalytic synthesis of axially chiral atropisomers, Org. Biomol. Chem. 2017, 15, 4506

http://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2017/ob/c7ob00908a/unauth#!divAbstract

19) Renzi, P., Bella, M., Design of Experiments: A rational approach toward non-covalent asymmetric organocatalysis, SYNLETT 2017, 28, 306

https://www.thieme-connect.com/products/ejournals/abstract/10.1055/s-0036-1588654

20) Renzi, P., Kronig, C., Carlone, A., Esöksüz, S., Berkessel, A., Bella, M., Kinetic resolution of oxazinones: Rational exploration of chemical space through the design of experiments, Eur. J. 2014, 37, 11768

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/chem.201402380/abstract

21) Silvi, M.,^¥ Renzi, P.,^¥ Rosato, D., Margarita, C., Vecchioni, A., Bordacchini, I., Morra, D., Nicolosi, A., Cari, R., Sciubba, F., Scarpino Schietroma, D. M., Bella, M., Enantioselective aza-Michael addition of imides by using an integrated strategy involving the synthesis of a family of multifunctional catalysts, usage of multiple catalysis, and rational design of experiment, Eur. J. 2013, 30, 9973 (^¥ co-first)

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/chem.201301493/abstract

22) Renzi, P., Bella, M., Non-asymmetric organocatalysis, Commun. 2012, 48 (55), 6881

http://pubs.rsc.org/en/Content/ArticleLanding/2012/CC/c2cc31599h#!divAbstract

23) Monaco, M. R., Renzi, P., Scarpino Schietroma, D. M., Bella, M., Biomimetic organocatalytic asymmetric synthesis of 2-substituted piperidine-type alkaloids and their analogues, Lett., 2011, 13, 4546

http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/ol2017406

24) Renzi, P., Overgaard, J., Bella, M., Multicomponent asymmetric reactions mediated by proline lithium salt, Biomol. Chem., 2010, 8, 980; (cover picture)

http://pubs.rsc.org/en/Content/ArticleLanding/2010/OB/b924158b#!divAbstract

Capitoli di libro

1) Renzi, P., Moliterno, M., Salvio, R., Bella, M., Organocatalyzed Addition to Activated C=C Bonds; published as a chapter in the book “Applications of Domino Transformations in Organic Synthesis” Volume 2, Thieme, 2016

https://www.thieme.in/image/cache/catalog/newtitles/Domino%20vol2-500x660.jpg

2)Scarpino Schietroma, D. M.; Renzi, P .; Monaco, M. R.; Bella, M. “Total synthesis of natural products”; published as a chapter in the book “Seminars in organic synthesis”, XXXIV “A. Corbella” Summer School, Gargnano, Italy, 22-26 June 2009 , 267.

Courses

• IDENTIFICAZIONE DI COMPOSTI ORGANICI (CHI0085)
  Corso di laurea magistrale in Chimica
• LABORATORIO DI SINTESI ORGANICHE (CHI0124)
  Corso di laurea in Chimica e Tecnologie Chimiche
• Processi sostenibili e metodi analitici nel campo dell'economia circolare
  PhD Programme in Innovation for the Circular Economy

Research topics

New methodologies for the preparation of highly functionalised molecules catalysed by metal complexes and visible light

Visible light driven transformations mediated by organo-photocatalysts

Synthesis of theranostic antitumoral agents for BNCT/MRI applications (NECTAR project; https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/964934/it)

Synthesis and characterization of catalysts based on metal complexes for the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) in energy applications (COMPORRE project, funded project by Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Torino)

Research groups

• SMCO - Sintesi
• SMCO - Sintesi e meccanismi

Research projects

• SuN2rise
• COMPlexes for Oxygen Reduction Reaction Idrogeno e Depurazione dell’Acqua Dal(la Riduzione del)l’Ossigeno: verso un Futuro Sostenibile

Activities in agenda

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Academic bodies

• Consiglio di Dipartimento